The Con Man by Ed Mcbain

The Con Man by Ed Mcbain

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The Con Man by Ed Mcbain

When a young woman's body is fished out of the 87th Precinct's river, a street-wise detective is on the clock to find the con man who killed her before he strikes again.

McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet.even those we thought we already knew. --New York Times Book Review

Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongoing accomplishment. --Entertainment Weekly

McBain, Ed: - Ed McBain was a pen name of the successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter. Born in New York, McBain served aboard a destroyer in the US Navy during World War II. After earning a degree from Hunter College and briefly teaching high school, he worked for a New York literary agency; his clients included Arthur C. Clarke and P.G. Wodehouse. In 1954, his novel The Blackboard Jungle was published under his legal name, Evan Hunter. His 87th Precinct series is one of the longest running crime series ever published. McBain was also a screenwriter; he adapted a short story into Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and wrote for Columbo as well as the NBC series based on his books, 87th Precinct. The Mystery Writers of America gave him the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1986, and he was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. He passed away in 2005, but his writing remains popular to this day.
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ISBN 13 9781612181844
ISBN 10 1612181848
Title The Con Man
Author Ed Mcbain
Series 87th Precinct
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Thomas & Mercer
Year published 2012-02-28
Number of pages 204
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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